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﻿﻿B﻿ig History Founder David Christian's Ted Talk: What, why, & how of BHP.﻿﻿﻿

Big History Project is the brainchild of Professor David Christian. Here, in his famous TED Talk, David gives a history of everything, and his reasoning and rational for this amazing curriculum/movement...

"I had this feeling that, somehow, we ought to be teaching not just the history of particular nations or particular regions, but the history of humanity...I think what I was after was a unifying story that could bring everything together, that could give me a sense of the whole of history...Big History studies the history of everything, offering a way of making sense of our world and our role within it."

The Big History Team at Mount Si High School

Ms. Holloway and of course President Theodore Roosevelt

Biography of Ms. Jenny Holloway:﻿﻿This is my fifth year teaching history and my fourth year at Mount Si High School. I teach U.S. History Advanced Placement U.S. History, and of course Big History Project (BHP). Big History has been a blast, especially with all of the curious and motivated students I've had the pleasure of working with the past few years. I really love challenging students to think about their own worldviews and look at where they fit in the grand narrative of history, which is a focus of MSHS Big History as well. Before teaching at Mount Si, I taught in Guatemala City and lived in Spokane before that. I hail from Sequim, WA., and attended Whitworth University where I studied history, religion, and teaching. When I am not grading papers, I love traveling, archery, baking, watching the Mariners and Seahawks, and getting lost in a good book.﻿﻿

Mr. Tomlisson and daughter Sophia

Biography of Mr. Ben Tomlisson: I love history and have been lucky enough to teach and help lead the pilot of Big History in Washington State. I currently teach AP European history as well as Big History. I have been teaching at Mount Si since 2005, prior to this I was teaching history in England. I was born and raised in Manchester in the North West of England. I've traveled extensively including a spell teaching in Japan. One of my passions outside of history is soccer which I have played and coached for as long as I remember. I am married to Susan who is a Veterinarian and we have three beautiful children: Sophia, Bruce and Lilly. My favorite part of teaching is the relationships we build with students. I also love Big History because it addresses so many interesting questions some of which don't have clear answers.

"Bags de Grasse Tysonski" Meme by. Claire Meyer, BHP 2014-15

Biography of Mr. Joe "Bags" Baginski: Mr. Joe Baginski (aka "Bags") - I love the amazing staff, students, and families at Mount Si High School and the two course I teach AP World HistoryandBig History Project. My wife, Christa, is a Nurse by trade. We have a 3 year old daughter named Lonnie (aka "Lonster") and a 2 year old son named Jack (aka "Bubba"). We lost our oldest son Mackay ("Mac") to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) in 2011. We also have two "practice children" in the form of Australian Cattle Dogs named "Bitzer" and "Sydney". I graduated from Timberline High School in Lacey, WA., attended Western Washington University in Bellingham, WA. where I studied History and played baseball. My post-graduate education includes a Master's in Teaching Program (MIT) from The Evergreen State College in Olympia, WA. and a National Board Certification (NBCT) in Adolescent and Young-Adult Learners. Go Hawks! Go M's! Go Dawgs! Go Cats!

Thresholds of Increasing Complexity: How Big History is organized.

﻿Big History Project is organized across eight "Thresholds of Increasing Complexity". These turning points, where increased complexity of some sort produce drastic changes in the timeline of history, include...

Note: Unit #1 "What is Big History" and Unit #10 "The Future" are not official thresholds but are studied in the course.

This image shows the Thresholds as organized on the BHP website www.bighistoryproject.com

A timeline of the BHP "Thresholds" with helpful images.

MSHS Big History Student Artifacts﻿﻿

MSHS Big Historians are continually awesome in terms of their ability to create amazing evidence of their learning. This collection of videos is just a sampling of student artifacts (projects/evidence of learning) related to Big History and AP World History (WHAP) topics from over the years. WILL YOU CREATE SOMETHING FABULOUS THAT WILL BE ADDED TO THIS LIST?